Should I ask ds to tell his friends to delete the pictures?
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DS texted his friends some pictures of him holding up guns. The pictures were taken at a firearm safety
class in preparing a shooting campout. I didn't feel a big deal, but feel other people may feel differently. How do you feel about this? Should I text the parents to tell the circumstance and ask the pictures be deleted? Thanks! |
Anonymous
| No. First, it won't be effective in scrubbing them out of existence. Second, it will turn a non issue into a real one. |
Anonymous
| Let it go. Tell DS not to send inflammatory pics or ones that could be misconstrued (I'm a kid who loves violence!) going forward. |
Anonymous
| Personally, I would. At least make sure they don't get posted on social media somewhere. Context is everything, but there's something very menacing about picturing one's self brandishing a weapon, even if it was for a firearm safety course. |
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| I would tell him to put words over the top of the picture like "for project purposes only", you never want those pictures to leak now or in the future for whatever reason. Better safe than sorry. |
Anonymous
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Guess my grandson should scrub his gun pictures too.
NOT. |
Anonymous
You know how the kids are talking, grandma! NOT |
Anonymous
If you think you can ask nicely anything out of existence that's already been shared through digital media you are very very naive. |
Anonymous
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It's done now. The only thing to do is to talk to your DS as to why you don't consider it appropriate and how long these digital pictures live (forever). Yes, some stupid teenager could electronically send it to the school with a threat or something, but highly unlikely. If you ask teenagers to delete, it may spur them to post it on social media or something.
I don't really feel like it was a big deal, and if you just let it slide I bet it will be ok. Your son was at a class, using firearms appropriately. Explain to the parents, if you feel like it. Your son needs to realize if he doesn't live in a rural area where everyone hunts all the time, these pictures could really be misinterpreted. Good time to talk to him about nude selfies and that sort of thing too. Those pics never go away. |
Anonymous
| Just have a talk with him about the idea that once pics are shared he has lost control. Why did he share them to begin with? For a legit reason or to boast a bit? That would be more telling as to how you should address it. A gun safety person sharing with another would be less likely to be an issue as the other person wouldn't be likely to share. A kid being bragging is just asking for others to continue sharing and something stupid coming of it. |
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| Uh... You're the one who presumably was okay with your son handling guns. But now you're ashamed to let the world know? Seems hypocritical to me. You think guns are fine, what's there to be ashamed of? |
Anonymous
| Jesus christ. Get that photo off the internet. It'll live forever, but make it harder to find, at least. Ugh. |
Anonymous
| Hope your kid never makes any enemies. |
Anonymous
| are u afraid of the secret service doing a photo scan and seeing the kid? |